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cookcarl

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To try and increase a child's ability to take the perspective of others and hence increase his or her empathic concern, one could ask that child to answer questions like
 
  a. What would each person in your house like best for Christmas?
  b. Who is the most helpful person you know?
  c. What benefits do you get when you help other people?
  d. What is the Golden Rule?

Question 2

Some people argue that aggression is innate rather than learned. Describe research evidence that genetics are not the whole story behind animal aggression.
 
  What will be an ideal response?



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: A

Answer to Question 2

Answer: Biologist Zing Yang Kuo (1961) found that kittens born to rat-killing mothers would not automatically attack and kill rats when they were reared with a rat. Not only did the kittens never attack the rats with whom they were raised, they didn't attack other rats, either.



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